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Brinqa vs Vulcan Cyber comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Brinqa
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
43rd
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
16th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (32nd), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (18th)
Vulcan Cyber
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
31st
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (20th), Cloud Security Remediation (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Brinqa is 0.4%, down from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Vulcan Cyber is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

RB
Allows us to configure the risk algorithm to suit our specific needs
I would give the easiness of the initial setup a seven out of ten. It can be a bit complex. Some connections are straightforward, but some take a long time. Deploying Brinqa took time, as it was done in phases. Initially, it took about six months before we started getting valuable data from it. Then, it expanded from there. The deployment began with a product demo and contract negotiation. We connected some data sources to Brinqa's cloud service, which was straightforward. We used the default risk ranking algorithm but faced issues with the dashboards, so we customized them to fit our organization's needs over a few years. We depended a lot on Brinqa for the deployment. We had some internal resources, but they lacked the needed skills, so it took time to train our two-man team. Initially, it required one person for maintenance, and they spent most of their time on it.
reviewer2516610 - PeerSpot reviewer
Easily ingests information from different sources and offers a single pane of glass for vulnerability and asset management
It is very important for us that Vulcan Cyber offers a single pane of glass for centralizing our security data. It was one of the most important topics for us when we were searching for this kind of tool. We wanted a single pane of glass to see all our assets in the company as well as all the vulnerabilities, not only from a single scanner but from different security scanners that we use in the company. Vulcan Cyber is very good for collecting our organization’s risk signals from multiple tools and attack surfaces into a single data lake. It is able to ingest information from different sources. They also have some capabilities to deduplicate data that is already in different sources. When you see it in their platform, in their data lake as they call it, you see it as a single entry instead of having duplicates all over the place. Vulcan Cyber has had a great impact because previously, we had to review the vulnerabilities manually before going ahead and communicating them to the different owners. Now, with the automation that Vulcan Cyber provides, it is very easy for us to see exactly what is the risk of a vulnerability, not only by the CVSS score, but also depending on if the vulnerability is currently exploited in the wild, or if there are exploits that are publicly available that can be used by anyone. All of those tasks are automated by Vulcan in the backend. We see a summary of the vulnerability, so we know whether it is very critical for us because it is affecting some of our assets. It could also be floating in the wild, so we need to take care of it immediately, or it might not be as critical as we thought initially. It might be classified as a high-risk vulnerability, but there is no expert available, so we have to wait a little bit longer to patch everything. The combination of all the data that we get in the platform helps with the automation of a task. There were some decisions that we had to manually review previously. Now, with all the information provided by Vulcan in a single place for each vulnerability, it is easier for us to understand if something is really critical and needs to be patched immediately or it can wait a little bit longer until we have some spare time to patch different systems in the company. Vulcan Cyber has helped reduce our organization’s mean time to remediation. We have the capability to open some tickets automatically for different vulnerabilities we have in the platform without having to go to different ticketing tools or business owners individually. In the company, we use different ticketing tools depending on the department, so having them all integrated inside of Vulcan is helpful. Having a single button to create tickets automatically, providing all the information already gathered by Vulcan in this ticket, and then just passing the ticket to different teams impacts the remediation. Vulcan Cyber has, for sure, helped save costs for our organization when it comes to human hours spent to fix vulnerabilities. We do not have to manually review each vulnerability and go to the different threat intelligence sources to identify if there are any exploits or if they are being exploited in the wild by malicious threat actors. When we have all that information in the platform, we can make decisions based on the data that we already have. That saves a lot of human hours.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable features of Brinqa are its data integration capabilities."
"Vulcan enables us to automate tickets from multiple scanners. It has lots of analytics options that show us charts and allow us to view the statuses in different waves. The dashboard is nice because it's highly informative about the big picture."
"The interface of Vulcan Cyber is intuitive with a lot of information about vulnerabilities, which helps in classifying and analyzing threats. We have a good view of assets and vulnerabilities. It helps to do good threat analysis because we can see exactly what the threat is and assess it accordingly."
"It is very good when it comes to ingesting information from different sources and then displaying this information in an easy-to-use platform."
"The interface of Vulcan Cyber is intuitive with a lot of information about vulnerabilities, which helps in classifying and analyzing threats."
 

Cons

"Brinqa could improve in terms of the speed of their service and resource provision."
"The performance is bad. The query and the UI are always slow, and it's quite frustrating. Vulcan is trying to solve this with a newer design. The dashboard is also crowded. It pulls in all this raw information that you need to filter. Vulcan has filtering capabilities, but they're hard to manage. The labels aren't very clear, so you need to do things by trial and error. It's not as easy as other tools we've been using."
"Mainly, what I would like from them is more maintenance of the different connectors they have in the platform."
"Improvements are needed in providing more concise details on how to apply remedies for particular vulnerabilities."
"Improvements are needed in providing more concise details on how to apply remedies for particular vulnerabilities. I would like to have more information about the remedies for particular vulnerabilities so that we do not have to go through the CVE numbers and relevant pages to check for a particular vulnerability and its remedy."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Its pricing is quite fair compared to what is out there in the market, especially compared to the tool from Microsoft. It is a SaaS platform that has an annual cost, so it is something that is already used by many companies. It is quite affordable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Retailer
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Insurance Company
9%
Computer Software Company
26%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Brinqa?
The most valuable features of Brinqa are its data integration capabilities.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Brinqa?
I would rate the costliness of the solution at a seven out of ten. It is on the expensive side and there are some additional fees.
What needs improvement with Brinqa?
Brinqa could improve in terms of the speed of their service and resource provision. We felt they were somewhat slow in assisting us in maturing our processes. Additionally, we encountered some stab...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vulcan Cyber?
Its pricing is quite fair compared to what is out there in the market, especially compared to the tool from Microsoft. It is a SaaS platform that has an annual cost, so it is something that is alre...
What needs improvement with Vulcan Cyber?
Improvements are needed in providing more concise details on how to apply remedies for particular vulnerabilities. I would like to have more information about the remedies for particular vulnerabil...
What is your primary use case for Vulcan Cyber?
Our primary use case for Vulcan Cyber is for asset management and vulnerability management. We use it to assess vulnerabilities and assets, especially after a merger, to ensure that all assets are ...
 

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Sample Customers

Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation
Stitch Fix, Mandiant, Wealthsimple, Entrust, Anaplan, Deloitte, Origami Risk, Verana Health
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